Zhao Dan
Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 – October 10, 1980) was a Chinese film actor.
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Zhao Dan

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- Name
- Zhao Dan
- Birth Name
- Zhao Feng'ao
- Born
- 27 June 1915
- Birthplace
- Nantong, Jiangsu, China
- Died
- 10 October 1980
- Place of death
- Beijing, China
- Spouse
- Ye Luxi Huang Zongying
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China and Republic of China.
- Occupation
- politician, film director and actor.
- Languages
- Chinese.
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Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 – October 10, 1980) was a Chinese film actor.
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Zhao Dan (1915–1980) was an actor, film director and politician, a national of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. The actor was born in Jiangdu District and died in Beijing. Zhao Dan held the position of National People's Congress deputy. Languages used include Chinese.
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• Name — Zhao Dan • Birth Name — Zhao Feng'ao • Born — 27 June 1915 • Birthplace — Nantong, Jiangsu, China • Died — 10 October 1980 • Place of death — Beijing, China • Years Active — 1930s–1960s • Political Party — Chinese Communist Party • Spouse — Ye Luxi Huang Zongying • Children — 2 Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 – October 10, 1980) was a Chinese film actor.
Career
Career
Zhao became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in Street Angel (1937). After the Sino-Japanese War, Zhao began a creative relationship with director Zheng Junli, with films such as the 1948 anti-Kuomintang drama-comedy, Crows and Sparrows. Zhao remained on the mainland following the Communist victory in 1949 and continued to make films throughout the 1950s and 1960s notably in biographical films playing historical figures of Nie Er, Lin Zexu (both directed by Zheng Junli) and Li Shizhen. Zhao joined Chinese Communist Party in 1957. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and imprisoned for 5 years. He died of pancreatic cancer in Beijing in 1980.
Personal life
Personal life
Zhao was married to Ye Luxi (Rose Ye) in 1936. When he was arrested by Sheng Shicai in Xinjiang in 1939, it was rumored that he was killed. Thus Ye married the playwright Du Xuan. After the war, he was released and returned to Shanghai. He married actress Huang Zongying in 1948.
As actor
As actor
• Year — English Title — Chinese Title — Director — Role • 1933 — Twenty-Four Hours in Shanghai — 上海二十四小时 — Shen Xiling • 1937 — Street Angel — 马路天使 — Yuan Muzhi — Xiao Chen • 1937 — Crossroads — 十字街头 — Shen Xiling — Zhao • 1947 — Far Away Love — 遙遠的愛 — Chen Liting — Xiao Yuanxi • 1947 — Rhapsody of Happiness — 幸福狂想曲 — Chen Liting • 1949 — Crows and Sparrows — 烏鴉与麻雀 — Zheng Junli — Little Broadcast • 1949 — Women Side by Side — 丽人行 — Chen Liting — Zhang Yuliang • 1950 — The Life of Wu Xun — 武训传 — Sun Yu — Wu Xun • 1951 — The Married Couple — 我们夫妇之间 — Zheng Junli • 1956 — Li Shizhen — 李时珍 — Shen Fu — Li Shizhen • 1958 — Lin Zexu — 林则徐 — Zheng Junli — Lin Zexu • 1959 — Nie Er — 聂耳 — Zheng Junli — Nie Er
As director
As director
• Year — English Title — Chinese Title — Notes • 1947 — The Dress Returns to Glory — 衣锦荣归 • 1953 — Bless the Children — 为孩子们祝福 • 1964 — An Evergreen Tree — 青山恋 — Also known as Precious Green Mountains

Zhao Dan Huang Zongying in the 1947 film Rhapsody of Happiness
China Film No. 2 Studio · Rhapsody of Happiness (1947 film) via 黄宗英自述 (Autobiography of Huang Zongying)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1915
Zhao Dan born at Jiangdu District.
1980
Zhao Dan died at Beijing.
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Jiangdu District.
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Beijing.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q197431: Zhao Dan
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- “Zhao Dan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1240766904, Zhao, Dan.
Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Zhang, Yingjing. Zhao Dan: Spectrality of Martyrdom and Stardom. Journal of Chinese Cinemas. 2. 103–111. 2008. 10.1386/jcc.2.2.103_1.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1240766904, Zhao, Dan.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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